The announcement of Ooblets highlighted a disturbing trend which is growing and undermining healthy public discourse, and that's the coordinated and deliberate creation and promotion of false information, including fake screenshots, videos, and technical analysis, accompanied by harassment of partners, promotion of hateful themes, and intimidation of those with opposing views.Įpic is working together with many game developers and other partners to build what we believe will be a healthier and more competitive multi-store world for the future. When everyone shares their earnest views, the best ideas ultimately prevail.

We at Epic Games have often shared our views about the game business and companies in it, and we support the entire game community's right to speak freely and critically about these topics, including the topic of Epic, our products, and our store. Update: The Epic Games Store team has published the following statement: Judging from the Glumberland response, it appears that many gamers disagree with Sweeney's statement. But company CEO Tim Sweeney says these agreements will ultimately benefit gamers, as they are the 'only strategy' of ending the current 70/30 industry-standard model that sees 70 percent of a game's sales go to the developer/publisher and 30 percent going to a storefront. Metro Exodus, Phoenix Point, and Borderlands 3 also faced a backlash over their Epic Games Store exclusivity deals.

It's especially hurtful since we've had such a positive, supportive relationship with our audience throughout development.' We've been getting thousands if not tens of thousands of hateful, threatening messages across every possible platform nonstop. 'This whole thing has just devastated us.

'We really misjudged how angry so many people would be,' the pair said, in a message to the Ooblets Patreon community.

While the UK developer, which consists of just Rebecca Cordingley and Ben Wasser, was expecting some backlash from its decision, the extent of the anger took it by surprise.

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